On the Frontlines of Democracy11 Juli 2023

US-China conflict with Kristen Hopewell

Sanjay Ruparelia is joined by Kristen Hopewell, the Canada Research Chair in Global Policy at the University of British Columbia, to discuss the current conflicts in international trade. In this episode, Hopewell explains the stalemates in the World Trade Organization, particularly the escalating conflict between China and the U.S. in trade negotiations. Although China is still considered a developing country, its rising economic status has halted the U.S.'s uncontested dominance.

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Show Notes:

Host Sanjay Ruparelia sits down with Kristen Hopewell, the Canada Research Chair in Global Policy at the University of British Columbia. In this episode, Kristen Hopewell discusses the conflicts happening inside the World Trade Organization. As emerging economies, such as China and India, have more bargaining power in trade negotiations, industrialized nations like the U.S. and Canada are seeing their international influence dwindle.

Host: Sanjay Ruparelia, Jarislowsky Democracy Chair and Associate Professor of Politics and Public Administration at Toronto Metropolitan University.

Guest: Kristen Hopewell, Canada Research Chair in Global Policy in the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, Director of the Liu Institute for Global Issues, and Co-Director of the Centre for Chinese Research.

Background Reading:

Kristen Hopewell's Clash of Powers: US-China Rivalry in Global Trade Governance

Kristen Hopewell's Breaking the WTO: How Emerging Powers Disrupted the Neoliberal Project

Kristen Hopewell's Emerging Powers, Leadership, and South–South Solidarity: The Battle Over Special and Differential Treatment at the WTO

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